Yearly Archives: 1997

MIKE GREEN CARD COMING THIS JULY

TORONTO-Clearnet Communications Inc. announced it signed an integrated wireless services roaming agreement with Nextel Communications Inc.The agreement will allow customers of Clearnet's Mike network...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

DSP Communications Inc.'s board of directors authorized an increase in the number of shares of common stock to be repurchased under the company's repurchase...

PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP NECESSARY FOR E911 IMPLEMENTATION

WASHINGTON-"The current infrastructure lets us find you, but it's eroding every day, step by step," commented Dr. Ricardo Martinez, administrator of the National Highway...

CLEARNET TO ROAM ON CANTEL NETWORK

TORONTO-Rogers Cantel Inc. reached an agreement to provide analog roaming services to Clearnet Communications Inc. when Clearnet launches its Code Division Multiple Access personal...

CLINTON TO FORMALLY SEEK MFN POSITION FOR CHINA

WASHINGTON-President Clinton last week said he will renew most-favored-nation trade status for China, kicking off a fierce debate in Congress on the world's potentially...

CHONG PROVED ADVOCATE TO WIRELESS MARKET DURING FCC TENURE

WASHINGTON-In a January 1993 article, a year-and-a-half before joining the Federal Communications Commission, then-attorney Rachelle Chong laid out what has turned out to be...

OPINION: PHONESHIELD DEVICE STILL ON U.S. SHELVES

Dear Editor: In the May 12 issue of RCR, you published an article titled, "Phone shield pamphlet pulled from U.S. shelves," with a picture of...

ERICSSON AWARDS COMSAT CONTRACT

CLARKSBURG, Md.-Ericsson Ltd. awarded a contract to Comsat Laboratories to develop a high penetration notification subsystem for ICO Global Communications Ltd., which is developing...

OMNIPOINT OFFERS ROAMING FOR HKT

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications Inc. launched operational roaming with Hongkong Telecom, which is Omnipoint's 11th international roaming partner.Omnipoint and Hongkong Telecom's Global System for...

INTERCEL WILL OFFER $300M IN NOTES

WEST POINT, Ga.-InterCel Inc. announced an offer of $300 million of senior notes due 2007.Proceeds from the sale of the notes will be used...

ITA ISSUES PETITION ON REFARMING PROCEEDING

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Industrial Telecommunications Association Inc. filed a petition on the Second Report and Order in the Federal Communications Commission's refarming proceeding.The association reiterated...

PRICE FIXING CLAIMS HEAD TO L.A. COURT

A class action lawsuit charging Los Angeles cellular carriers with price fixing is set to go to trial July 7 in Orange County Superior...

NEW JERSEY ENHANCED 911 TRIAL FINISHES, PROCLAIMED SUCCESSFUL

NEW YORK-Key participants in a just-completed, 100-day trial of wide area enhanced 911 service in New Jersey pronounced the project a success at a...

MILLICOM STARTS SERVICE IN ESTONIA

NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. launched cellular service in Estonia.Ritabell Co. Ltd., the company that holds the cellular license, is owned 48 percent by...

MOODY’S REVISES PRONET’S RATING

NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service revised its outlook on ProNet Inc.'s senior subordinated notes rated B3 and its bank facilities rated B1.Moody's said the change...

ARGENTINA SET TO AWARD PCS LICENSES IN AUTUMN

Groups led by AT&T Corp. and Telia of Sweden are among those that recently purchased bidding packages from the Argentine government, which plans to...

AUTHENTIX NETWORK RECOGNIZED BY CTIA

TUCSON, Ariz.-Authentix Network Inc.'s Roamer Verification Reinstatement technology has been recognized by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association."RVR is now recognized as one of the...

STUDY FINDS HALF OF AMERICANS SUPPORT BAN ON CAR PHONE USE

VALLEY FORGE, Pa.-Nearly half of Americans surveyed indicated they would support legislation banning cellular phone use while driving, according to a nationwide survey sponsored...

NORTEL TO PARTNER WITH U.S. ROBOTICS

SKOKIE, Ill.-U.S. Robotics and Northern Telecom Ltd. agreed to jointly develop wireless data access products for mobile professionals needing wireless access to e-mail, the...

PACIFIC BELL MOBILE ESTABLISHES SEVERAL REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS

SAN FRANCISCO-Pacific Bell Mobile Services established four new regional headquarters in California to manage the company's personal communications services markets.The new headquarters are located...

BELL ATLANTIC NYNEX TO USE XYPERCOM

NEW YORK-Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile has selected Granite Systems Xpercom software to manage equipment and circuit inventory information throughout the corporation.The Xpercom system will...

CALENDAR

MAY28 Evolving Markets & Marketplaces in Telecommunications, by UCSD Connect. Sheraton Grande Torrey Pines, San Diego. (619) 534-6114.28-29 Wireless Data-Network Implementation, Management and Applications...

MOODY’S INCREASES CBIS DEBT RATING

NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service announced May 21 it raised the investment grade ratings on the outstanding senior unsecured debt of Cincinnati Bell Inc. to...

GTE SIGNS CONTRACT FOR CLEARINGHOUSE

TAMPA-GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. signed a contract to provide its Access Services clearinghouse system to PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P.GTE also will provide its RoamerXchange...

MOODY'S REVISES PRONET'S RATING

NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service revised its outlook on ProNet Inc.'s senior subordinated notes rated B3 and its bank facilities rated B1.Moody's said the change...
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